Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified... by sneak on Friday March 20, 2026 @12:46AM (#47450603)

Used Graphene as a daily driver for a year. It’s an unserious toy.

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Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified... by yoavm on Friday March 20, 2026 @04:44AM (#47452044)

Can you elaborate? Why? I think many of us were hoping we could switch to it if/when Android becomes intolerable.

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Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified... by microtonal on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:07AM (#47452562)

I have no idea what they are talking about. I have been daily driving GrapheneOS for almost two months now (coming from iPhone, but I have tested Pixels and Samsung phones on the side for a while) and there is no material difference in daily use from running the stock Pixel OS in daily use if you install Play (Services) and a bunch of apps. Of course, it is more secure and comes with no crap pre-installed, which is nice.

The only thing I have really found missing is Google Pay support for contactless payment (because Google doesn't want to allow GrapheneOS, but there are alternatives like Curve).

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Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified... by lawn on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:14AM (#47452612)

I'm using GrapheneOS as my daily driver you couldn't be more wrong.

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Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified... by uncognic on Friday March 20, 2026 @09:24AM (#47454172)

If it really was, you wouldn't have used it for a year

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